The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-10
WASHINGTON SMILES.
Lieut.. Cowles, of the Navy, Does the
Honors for Queen Kapiolani.

Lieut.. Cowles, of the Navy, Does the
Honors for Queen KapiolanL
From Washington Letter to the Nelo York Star.
All Washington is in broad grin over
the ceremonies yesterday rendered Queen
Kapiolani of Hawaii. 1t appears the Queen
was invited to visit Mount Vernon to gaze
upon the tomb of Washington, and the Sec
rotary Of the Navy rendered the govern
ment boat, the Dispatch, to bear the royal
party TO their destination. TheDispatch is
commanded by handsome and voluble Off
Ger, Lieut. Cowles, who never having had
an opportunity TO dance attendance on a
real queen, and not being able TO
see another such chance in the immediate
the occasion thus offered him. Accordingly
Cowles retired and concocted an address
that would do honor to the Lord High
HEREDITARY Bootiack of Pumpernicllle, and
then, having committed this gem of oratOry
to memory, he calmly but feverishly await
ed destiny. Destiny came on schedule time
in the person of the oleaginous Kapiolani
and her suite, and Cowles then stepped for
ward, and after making the regulation
Sandwich salaam said:
Il ask your gracious majesty's permits
sion to speak"
Her gracious majesty winked, as one who
should say, Spiel out, and Cowles taking
two bounds forward and striking an atti-
tude of reverence, continued:
His excellency the Secretary of the
Navy begs that your majesty viii accept
his respectful homage, and begs that your
majesty will accept of this vessel to convey
you TO Mount Vernon, the resting place of
the illustrious founder of this country. The
Secretary is always glad to render any SER
vice to beautiful woman, and is doubly
pleased to-day in the fact that beautiful
ruler of a nation near and friendly to the
United States"
At the conclusion of this soulful outburst
the Queen looked greatly edited and re
marked to Assistant Secretary of State
Adee, soto uOce, that although Hawaii pro-
duced wonderful crops of sugar, America
could beat it hollow on taffy. The question
to-day is whether Lieut. Cowles fired off all
this rot on his own account or whether the
whole story was set up on him by the local
papers with a view to his discontinue.
Queen KapiOlani IS an elderly mulatto,
weighing nearly 200 pounds, and about
as much like a beautiful woman as
Senator Evarts is like the famous Capt
Lambert. What induced Lieut. Cowles to
make this speech nobody pretends to know,
but that it has caused AN inordinate amount
of melriment and that it viii linger long in
the Lieutenants memory are propositions re-
quiring no elaboration. COwles appears to
have proceeded Systematically and with ref
ercnce to the saverest forms of etiquette
He besought her gracious majesty'S per-
mission" on every occasion. If he wanted
to weigh anchor or cast anchor, to fire a
salute, or to raise steam, or to run up flag,
or to cool his coppers, or to change his col
lar, he always wanted her GRACIOUS males
ty's permission" The whole programme of
the day was tribute to American talent for
catching on" and it has furnished so re-
freshing a sensation for this sultry spell
that the whole community from the Presi-
dent down is grateful to Cowles and
hundreds of lovely women are pining for
lock of his hair and copy of his book of
etiquette to press it in